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News & ArtsFriday, July 31, 2009
City Seattle Times Endorses Nickels and Mallahan
Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Even though they say that Mallahan isn't ready to be the mayor. Weird. And wasn't Joni Balter's starry-eyed obsequiousness to Mallahan at City Club last week really weird, too? Is it just his money, Seattle Times? You like him because he's rich?
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@1, they also endorsed that little known artist from Austria for the German Chancelorship back in 1933.
With an endorsement from Seattle Times you KNOW it's gotta be good!!
With an endorsement from Seattle Times you KNOW it's gotta be good!!
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If I hear another reference to how Mallahan seems to have good ideas--no one knows what they are--I don't know what I'm gonna... Seattle, aim for vision! McGinn has ideas--a plan for education, technology and transportation. He is fiscally conservative and politically progressive with a wealth of experience and track record that shows he is ready to lead. Seattle is a city, full of diverse interests, not a corporation.
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Slog has really lost it since ECB and Josh Feit left. The only people left worth reading are Charles and Dan
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It's always about the money. They endorse his money. Doesn't he also spend at their paper for his political ads.
Money, money, money ad infinitum.
Money, money, money ad infinitum.
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it's seems different than your process..which seems to be out out a reader poll in the morning and then wait to see who wins that and endorse them.
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Christopher:
While a first-rate writer, even when you were supporting the Iraq War, you don't know diddly-squat about what moves and motivates Joni Balter. Find out. It may even sharpen your criticism of Fairview Fannie's editorial page.
Christopher:
While a first-rate writer, even when you were supporting the Iraq War, you don't know diddly-squat about what moves and motivates Joni Balter. Find out. It may even sharpen your criticism of Fairview Fannie's editorial page.
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In real life, hearstscribe is a rotund, slightly moldy-smelling fellow who falls asleep at district Democrat meetings.
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Emmett would appear to be an underachiever, using cover name of a distinguished, deceased Seattle journalist to make personal attacks. 'Ought to seek professional help.
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I shall quote from Lindy West, quoting Sean Nelson: "For the powerful, the only doctrine that has any meaning at all is the one that preserves the power structure." Take Seattle back, citizens. Vote McGinn.
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The following seems to point to shallow or paid thinking by the existing administration and officials. Who could make this an example of a major need for change?
This is only a highly visible example of bad thinking in City Hall. But it should get the ball rolling (snow ball?).
In fact, would any of the candidates get away from the shallowness of thinking or possible payback that permeates Seattle politics?
THE THIS referenced above.
I posted this to the Seattle Times Blog after a Sounders game. There seems to be no place else to turn for a public outcry about the proposed buildings in the QWest parking lot. Today, Kenny Chesney is here and the noise is even louder, albeit more interesting. We need a means to protect our tax dollars from a cascade of lawsuits and additional expenses resulting from those law suits. Can the "The Stranger" (arts and culture) help since those on the inside will not?
27 July 2009 Note, even more germane today
Major potential legal issues.
This weekend there were 4 major events around the stadium area and everything was clogged up. I took a walk around Pioneer Square. QWest is an interesting structure. It drives the sound from the stadium directly North with little spill over to Occidental or the Railroad bridge. I could hear the noise five blocks north of QWest.
So, we are being set up for major law suits about the noise from the people living there. Sort of like building houses under airport approaches. Think about the complaints when the Motocross folks arrive.
One has to wonder who is going to foot the bill for noise abatement and other issues below?
How about the complaints about traffic congestion? With that many new residents, especially if connected, there will be lots of those.
It seems reasonable to force a contact provision into each condo purchase or apartment lease that the residents recognize they are moving into a high noise and traffic area and that they forfeit their rights to complain or take legal action about either one. Also they forfeit the right to claims for damages of any sort related to them..
Also, the developer and subsequent owners should also be required to pay for any remedies for noise abatement, traffic congestion, loss of revenue from lost events, etc. There would also be a stipulation that all remedies must be on the constructed property and not on any existing property; for example, QWest property and buildings.
The event assembly areas will be another interesting issue. When some of the major concerts came, the parking lot was full of semi's. How many events like that will be gone due to lack of easy access?
The Boat Show, RV Show, Home Show, etc. all use the parking lot for extra displays. I wonder if they will go away also?
If this were Chicago it would be easy to understand the "real" motive behind the buildings. The developers would be moving in knowing that the legal issues would arise. Eventually, the cost of addressing all the lawsuits and remedies would get too expensive so QWest would be torn down and more developers would buy that land cheap. I guess I am glad that this is not Chicago.
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This is only a highly visible example of bad thinking in City Hall. But it should get the ball rolling (snow ball?).
In fact, would any of the candidates get away from the shallowness of thinking or possible payback that permeates Seattle politics?
THE THIS referenced above.
I posted this to the Seattle Times Blog after a Sounders game. There seems to be no place else to turn for a public outcry about the proposed buildings in the QWest parking lot. Today, Kenny Chesney is here and the noise is even louder, albeit more interesting. We need a means to protect our tax dollars from a cascade of lawsuits and additional expenses resulting from those law suits. Can the "The Stranger" (arts and culture) help since those on the inside will not?
27 July 2009 Note, even more germane today
Major potential legal issues.
This weekend there were 4 major events around the stadium area and everything was clogged up. I took a walk around Pioneer Square. QWest is an interesting structure. It drives the sound from the stadium directly North with little spill over to Occidental or the Railroad bridge. I could hear the noise five blocks north of QWest.
So, we are being set up for major law suits about the noise from the people living there. Sort of like building houses under airport approaches. Think about the complaints when the Motocross folks arrive.
One has to wonder who is going to foot the bill for noise abatement and other issues below?
How about the complaints about traffic congestion? With that many new residents, especially if connected, there will be lots of those.
It seems reasonable to force a contact provision into each condo purchase or apartment lease that the residents recognize they are moving into a high noise and traffic area and that they forfeit their rights to complain or take legal action about either one. Also they forfeit the right to claims for damages of any sort related to them..
Also, the developer and subsequent owners should also be required to pay for any remedies for noise abatement, traffic congestion, loss of revenue from lost events, etc. There would also be a stipulation that all remedies must be on the constructed property and not on any existing property; for example, QWest property and buildings.
The event assembly areas will be another interesting issue. When some of the major concerts came, the parking lot was full of semi's. How many events like that will be gone due to lack of easy access?
The Boat Show, RV Show, Home Show, etc. all use the parking lot for extra displays. I wonder if they will go away also?
If this were Chicago it would be easy to understand the "real" motive behind the buildings. The developers would be moving in knowing that the legal issues would arise. Eventually, the cost of addressing all the lawsuits and remedies would get too expensive so QWest would be torn down and more developers would buy that land cheap. I guess I am glad that this is not Chicago.
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